MEDICAL IMAGING AND RADIOLOGY REPORTS

Biography:

Randall Higashida, M.D. is a Clinical Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Neurological Surgery, Neurology, and Anesthesiology at the University of California at San Francisco Medical Center. He is a Chief of the Division of Interventional Neurovascular Radiology, one of the leading institutions specializing in the minimally invasive treatment of complex cerebrovascular diseases and stroke. Dr. Higashida has served as a member of numerous medical and scientific committees including the Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery Task Force Committee, the American Heart Association Stroke Council Research Committee, the American Society of Neuroradiology Executive Committee, and the Society of Neuro Interventional Surgery Executive Committee. He is past President of the Society of Neuro Interventional Surgery, past chairman of the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Radiology & Interventions, a past member of the U.S. FDA Neurological Devices Advisory Panel, and was on the oversight committee of the National Institutes of Health trial for carotid artery stenting. Dr Higashida earned his medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California and did his residency and fellowship training at UCLA Medical Center, in Los Angeles, California.

Research Interests:

His research interests include Intracranial aneurysms, Angioplasty of vasospasm, Management of acute hemorrhage, and Intravascular closure of carotid cavernous sinus fistulas.